The Rio Grande has been dry in Albuquerque for most of the past two months.
Rio Grande NR Alameda, NM – USGS Water Data for the Nation
Further south, water has been steadily released from Elephant Butte Reservoir into the Rio Grande for the past few months, but the reservoir is down to 1% of capacity and they stopped releasing water today. The Reservoir is located at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
https://data.usbr.gov/rise/#/item/329
Rio Grande Below Elephant Butte Dam, NM – USGS Water Data for the Nation
“Elephant Butte and Caballo reservoirs to supply nearly 178,000 acres of irrigated farmland across the Hatch, Mesilla, and El Paso valleys.”
